Oh, and before turning pro, players spend several seasons sacrificing their bodies while facilitating a vigorous revenue stream for their head coaches and the universities who employ them, and then the best of these athletes are funneled into a system (the draft) which deprives them of the opportunity to sell their services on the free market. Also, you might be aware that the average NFL career lasts about three years and that productive players at the most vulnerable positions, such as halfback, often struggle to get a second contract after their rookie deals. Similarly, I'm guessing most of you get the fact that every owner in this league is making money. As a consumer of pro football – and that would be anyone who watches games on television, thus contributing to the massive Nielsen ratings that translate into the enormous TV deals which serve as the NFL's lifeblood – you do realize that you are the one making these big salaries possible, right? Still, the degree to which some of you find this behavior to be offensive blows my mind. And we all like to believe that a man is as good as his word – or, in this case, his signature on a legal document.
No one likes hearing millionaires moan about being underpaid, especially during tough economic times.
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